Charlie Gard is unlikely to be allowed to spend his final days at home with his parents, according to a High Court judge.

Mr Justice Francis said he will make a decision about where the terminally-ill boy should spend the remainder of his life, on Wednesday.

Doctors caring for the 11-month-old at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London said they want to fulfil the "last desire" of his parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates.

But they said there are practical difficulties in providing the intensive care Charlie needs outside a hospital, and the judge said the chances of him being able to spend his final days at home are "small".

Charlie's parents have become embroiled in a fight with doctors over the circumstances of his death, a day after abandoning attempts to persuade a judge to let him travel to America for experimental treatment.

Chris Gard and Connie Yates with their son Charlie Gard.

Mr Justice Francis presided over the dispute at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London on Tuesday, and the hearing is scheduled to resume at 2pm on Wednesday.

The judge said the dispute cried out for settlement.

But he said if a solution could not be agreed he would decide on Wednesday.

Charlie Gard (Image: Family handout/PA Wire)

Barrister Victoria Butler-Cole, who represents a guardian appointed by the judge to independently represent Charlie's interests, supported Great Ormond Street's position.

Ms Butler-Cole said Charlie would need a "full paediatric intensive care team" - including four to six nurses - if he was to spend days at home receiving life-support treatment.

She said the idea was not realistic.

Baby Charlie Gard

Ms Butler-Cole suggested that Charlie might be able to be taken home if life-support treatment was ended shortly after his arrival.

But she said he could not remain at home on intensive care for any length of time.

Mr Justice Francis said he would give Charlie's parents another day to offer a solution which would allow Charlie to receive life-support treatment at home for days.